To help meet the ever-evolving needs of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) or sustainability reporting, Workiva's Sustainability Reporting solution updates frequently, including these new features and enhancements introduced April 2026.
Tip: These release notes are specific to Workiva's Sustainability Reporting features. For updates to other Workiva features or solutions, view Release Notes in Support Center.
Explore draft simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards
If your Sustainability Explorer includes the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), you can now explore a draft version of the simplified Standards from the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG).
Note: This draft version of the ESRS is subject to change, pending public consultation by the European Commission.
This version includes a number of amendments from the ESRS Delegated Act of 2023, including:
- Increased clarity of disclosure requirements
- Fewer total number of mandatory datapoints
- Better alignment with global reporting standards like the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Sustainability Disclosure Standards
To learn more, view Adopt simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards.
View when connected sources for Completed metric values change
For added data integrity, Sustainability Program no longer automatically updates Completed metric values when their connected sources change. If a source value changes, notifications now appear on its connected metric and the source file's Sustainability or Tasks panel. To learn more, view Connect source Workiva files to Sustainability Program values.
Tip: For additional alerts, a Program Owner can enable email notifications to Program Owners and Task Owners from Program settings. To learn more, view Configure settings for Sustainability Program.
To quickly identify Completed values that differ from their connected source values, you can also now run a Health check from Program overview. To learn more, view Check health of Sustainability Program.
Tip: To update a Completed metric value with its changed source value, first reset the value or reopen its task.
Explore content versions in Sustainability Explorer
From Sustainability Explorer, you can now browse specific versions of a standard or questionnaire from the Frameworks panel:
- Current, for the active reporting year's content
- Pending, to enable proactive preparation or early adoption of upcoming revisions
- Archived, for historical reference of previous content
You can review notes about each version, including any updates made to its content, such as to correct typos or provide additional context.
From Sustainability Program, you can also now view whether a metric's related Explorer content includes an archived version, and view its connected current versions by default.
To learn more, view View versions of content in Sustainability Explorer.